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attorney
English
Etymology
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, masculine singular past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner ("to attorn", in the sense of "one appointed or constituted").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t??(?)ni/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ni
Noun
attorney (plural attorneys)
- (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- (Britain, dated, 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor).
- (Britain, 20th century and later, rare, usually derogatory) A solicitor.
- (obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
- (Philippines) A title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
Usage notes
- In the "agent" sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.
Synonyms
- mouthpiece (slang)
- advocate
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
attorney (third-person singular simple present attorneys, present participle attorneying, simple past and past participle attorneyed)
- (rare) To work as a legal attorney.
- (rare) To provide with a legal attorney.
References
French
Noun
attorney m (plural attorneys)
- attorney
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lawman
English
Etymology
From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
- (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
lawman (plural lawmen)
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
Synonyms
- (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
- (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
- (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
- (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
References
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
lawman
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